I know everyone around you makes it seem like it's mandatory but it's not.
Especially if your #1 goal is to make money.
Even if you STILL want to go to college..
Take a year off to work or travel
Get some LIFE EXPERIENCE
then go to college.
18 PAINFUL TRUTHS EVERY 18 YEAR OLD NEEDS TO KNOW
When you're 18 you're free to live life however you want.
But the plan you've likely been given is a plan to keep you trapped in hell.
Read this *thread* to learn from my mistakes (I'm twice your age)
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I know everyone around you makes it seem like it's mandatory but it's not.
Especially if your #1 goal is to make money.
Even if you STILL want to go to college..
Take a year off to work or travel
Get some LIFE EXPERIENCE
then go to college.
When I was a kid I had no idea you could possible to travel the world long term.
I thought my path was College ▶9-5▶5 years on the job▶2 week vacation▶Retirement at 65
Reading the 4-hour workweek changed that path for me
You are at your PEAK Energetically.
Use that energy to get into the best shape of your life and the rest of your life will be FAR EASIER.
Everyone respects a physically strong man. No one respects a physically weak man.
No debating this one. Go lift.
Only exception is unless your dad is a self-made millionaire.
If your parents give you conventional advice like go to college, get a job, get married etc, IGNORE.
It's not their fault they've been brainwashed.
Love them but ignore their advice.
Having an older successful man as a mentor is a SHORTCUT in life.
Leverage his life experience and do as he tells you to do.
When I 23, I had a mentor who was 38. That man shaved years of pain from my own life.
When I first learned about online money, I didn't have the wealth of resources that you do now.
Pick a business model and start applying. Who cares if you fail. You're young.
All great businesses starts with finding a profitable idea...
My affiliate link:
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Debt is slavery.
I've worked in bankruptcy and lemme tell you being broke ain't no joke.
At 18, you should not be buying anything on credit.
If you have to use a credit card, pay it off weekly. That way you're always on top of your debt.
A basic primer is Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki.
The basics are:
1) Generate cashflow (build a cashflow biz)
2) Accumulate capital, NOT material possessions
3) Live frugally
4) Be patient
The longer you wait to discipline yourself, the lazier you become.
I did not discipline myself until I was 30!
Do not make my mistake.
If you discipline yourself now, the rest of your life will be easy AF
Ignore all the grown ups that say "Enjoy it because when you get to my age it's all downhill."
They are losers and they want you to be a loser so they don't feel bad about themselves.
Build yourself now and you'll be laughing for the rest of your life
I see so many young kids getting involved in politics and it makes me sad because none of those politicians give a flying fuck about you.
Here's the harsh truth: you are on your own.
If you want a better world, go build it.
You may think I'm exaggerating here but I'm not.
When I was young, porn was a magazine with some naked women you'd share with your best friend.
It is designed to turn you into an addict, sap your energy and turn you into an addict.
When I say...
Getting a porn addiction at a young age is like inheriting a million dollars and gambling it all away for a few fun weekends in Vegas.
You wouldn't do that with money so don't do that with your energy.
Especially if you focus on improving yourself.
Most of your friends will go the conventional route.
Some of them will be successful.
Some of them will be failures.
Most of them will be average.
People grow apart.
Focus on your journey.
School has primed you to see the world in black and white.
Republican or Democrat
Apple or Android user
Stop putting yourself in a category.
When you're young you have a strong urge to belong to a tribe...
If you say "I'm a liberal", you'll automatically follow the Democrat blueprint.
When people say it's A or B, remember there is ALWAYS a C.
See the world in full colour.
I learned this from @ipb_media.
All those people you hate that always seem to get what they want?
It's not because they're more "intelligent".
It's because they put themselves in a position to get what they want.
I'll never forget when I...
I busted my ass off to get that job.
I then found out a guy I went to school with who was a total f*ck up in college got the same job at a bigger firm.
How?
His GF's dad was a partner at the firm (Better positioning)
Best way to improve your positioning in life is to LEARN SALES.
Sales is not evil.
EVERYONE sells themselves so you might as well get good at it.
If I had a time machine, I would've dropped out of college and gotten a sales job instead.
Outside of your friends and family, no one believes in you.
And honestly, why should they? You haven't done anything... YET.
Don't go seeking approval.
Approval is for cowards.
Instead, go out and prove yourself by getting incredible results.
Let go of the idea of "you."
Instead, see yourself as a startup called "You, Inc."
As an investor, would you invest?
What actions can you take now to increase the value of You,Inc and make it a no-brainer investment?
That's how you should live.
Thanks for reading. I hope you get value out of this thread.
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1/ Some initial thoughts on personal moats:
Like company moats, your personal moat should be a competitive advantage that is not only durable—it should also compound over time.
Characteristics of a personal moat below:
2/ Like a company moat, you want to build career capital while you sleep.
As Andrew Chen noted:
3/ You don’t want to build a competitive advantage that is fleeting or that will get commoditized
Things that might get commoditized over time (some longer than
4/ Before the arrival of recorded music, what used to be scarce was the actual music itself — required an in-person artist.
After recorded music, the music itself became abundant and what became scarce was curation, distribution, and self space.
5/ Similarly, in careers, what used to be (more) scarce were things like ideas, money, and exclusive relationships.
In the internet economy, what has become scarce are things like specific knowledge, rare & valuable skills, and great reputations.
Like company moats, your personal moat should be a competitive advantage that is not only durable—it should also compound over time.
Characteristics of a personal moat below:
I'm increasingly interested in the idea of "personal moats" in the context of careers.
— Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) November 22, 2018
Moats should be:
- Hard to learn and hard to do (but perhaps easier for you)
- Skills that are rare and valuable
- Legible
- Compounding over time
- Unique to your own talents & interests https://t.co/bB3k1YcH5b
2/ Like a company moat, you want to build career capital while you sleep.
As Andrew Chen noted:
People talk about \u201cpassive income\u201d a lot but not about \u201cpassive social capital\u201d or \u201cpassive networking\u201d or \u201cpassive knowledge gaining\u201d but that\u2019s what you can architect if you have a thing and it grows over time without intensive constant effort to sustain it
— Andrew Chen (@andrewchen) November 22, 2018
3/ You don’t want to build a competitive advantage that is fleeting or that will get commoditized
Things that might get commoditized over time (some longer than
Things that look like moats but likely aren\u2019t or may fade:
— Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) November 22, 2018
- Proprietary networks
- Being something other than one of the best at any tournament style-game
- Many "awards"
- Twitter followers or general reach without "respect"
- Anything that depends on information asymmetry https://t.co/abjxesVIh9
4/ Before the arrival of recorded music, what used to be scarce was the actual music itself — required an in-person artist.
After recorded music, the music itself became abundant and what became scarce was curation, distribution, and self space.
5/ Similarly, in careers, what used to be (more) scarce were things like ideas, money, and exclusive relationships.
In the internet economy, what has become scarce are things like specific knowledge, rare & valuable skills, and great reputations.
Okay hope everyone having a lovely weekend. Lots of love today. Feeling very blessed 🥰 Going through NNOX tweets from last week. Time to compile threads and bring you highlights. No need to go digging old tweets if I do for you 🤗 FDA, Secondary, and 3P510k. Let’s review..
The NNOX news flow been exceptionally good. I tweet about Fear Uncertainty Doubt and how short sellers leverage friction in news flow to mine some of your gains. NNOX published Form F-1/A to remove friction. Investors have answers.
Form F-1/A Link:
Form F-1 is over 200 detailed pages. Very concentrated. Everything you need for rest of this month in the document. A few notes for you. NNOX FDA approval uses a third party review organization in 510k process. This is abbreviated to 3P510k.
I covered the 3P510K in thread here: https://t.co/w7zE882CVk
Reference to Eagle eyes: https://t.co/gT779MFX82
We discover in F-1 that 3P510K recommended clearance of Nanox Source. This triggers a 30 day timeline to approval by FDA. However ...
Look at you favorite broker news for NNOX. I look at 3 different broker none of them comment NNOX from 60 to 80 on news that 3P510k recommended FDA approve NNOX device. NNOX get a letter and slide 10% we get headline. But no headline for big pop 🤷♂️ that’s the friction.
The NNOX news flow been exceptionally good. I tweet about Fear Uncertainty Doubt and how short sellers leverage friction in news flow to mine some of your gains. NNOX published Form F-1/A to remove friction. Investors have answers.
Form F-1/A Link:
Form F-1 is over 200 detailed pages. Very concentrated. Everything you need for rest of this month in the document. A few notes for you. NNOX FDA approval uses a third party review organization in 510k process. This is abbreviated to 3P510k.
I covered the 3P510K in thread here: https://t.co/w7zE882CVk
Reference to Eagle eyes: https://t.co/gT779MFX82
We discover in F-1 that 3P510K recommended clearance of Nanox Source. This triggers a 30 day timeline to approval by FDA. However ...
Eagle-eyes \U0001f985 https://t.co/w1wF3Ysmt1
— Harvey \U0001f1fa\U0001f1f8 (@realharveymark) February 12, 2021
Look at you favorite broker news for NNOX. I look at 3 different broker none of them comment NNOX from 60 to 80 on news that 3P510k recommended FDA approve NNOX device. NNOX get a letter and slide 10% we get headline. But no headline for big pop 🤷♂️ that’s the friction.
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I interviewed 5 billionaires this week
— GREG ISENBERG (@gregisenberg) January 23, 2021
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“We don’t negotiate salaries” is a negotiation tactic.
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A tactic I don’t appreciate at all because of how unfairly it penalizes low-leverage, junior employees, and those loyal enough not to question it, but that’s negotiation for you after all. Weaponized information asymmetry.
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And by the way, you should never be worried that an offer would be withdrawn if you politely negotiate.
I have seen this happen *extremely* rarely, mostly to women, and anyway is a giant red flag. It suggests you probably didn’t want to work there.
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